{"url_path":"/sec/calm/8-k/2026-06-30/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-30","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/0001562762-26-000076-index.html","accession_number":"0001562762-26-000076","cik":"0000016160","ticker":"CALM","issuer_name":"CAL-MAINE FOODS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/0001562762-26-000076-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000016160","primary_entity_name":"CAL-MAINE FOODS INC"},"word_count":152,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"Item 8.01\n\nOther Events\n\nOn\n\nJune\n\n29,\n\n2026,\n\nCal-Maine\n\nFoods,\n\nInc.\n\n(the\n\n“Company”)\n\nissued\n\na\n\npress\n\nrelease\n\nannouncing\n\nthat the\n\nCompany\n\nreached\n\nan\n\nagreement\n\nwith the U.S. Department\n\nof Justice (“DOJ”)\n\nand seventeen\n\nstates’\n\nattorneys general\n\nto resolve alleged antitrust\n\nclaims\n\nagainst the\n\nCompany, subject\n\nto applicable\n\ncourt approvals and procedures.\n\nThe agreement follows\n\na fifteen-month investigation\n\nby the\n\nDOJ that\n\ncentered\n\nbroadly on\n\nwhether\n\nthere was a\n\nviolation\n\nof antitrust\n\nlaws through\n\nalleged anticompetitive\n\nconduct\n\nby\n\nand\n\namong\n\negg producers.\n\nThe\n\nagreement\n\ndoes not\n\nadmit\n\nwrongdoing\n\nor violations\n\nof law by\n\nthe\n\nCompany\n\nand the\n\nCompany\n\nwas\n\nnot assessed\n\nany\n\nfines\n\nor penalties.\n\nUnder the\n\nterms\n\nof the\n\nagreement,\n\nthe Company\n\nagreed\n\nto implement\n\ncertain\n\nantitrust\n\ncompliance\n\nand reporting measures,\n\ndonate\n\n30 million\n\neggs, and pay\n\na total of $1.5\n\nmillion to such\n\nstates to resolve\n\nthe matter. A\n\ncopy\n\nof the Company’s\n\npress release is attached\n\nhereto as Exhibit\n\n99.1."}